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Back to Elvis, just for a second. Elvis Costello (who'd you think?) played a free concert last night at the race-course, although I doubt he knew there was a canoekayak world cup going on. I've always been a big fan, and he was really cool with his black glasses and overly-scarved outfit... He didn't play "Pump it up", but he pumped me up, and "Radio Radio" was wicked to see live.
Going home in the morning!! Woop Woop!
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Congrats also to Tom Hall for his awesome 1000m in his C1, capturing his second gold of his 2008 World Cup campaign, with Mathieu Goubel of France (Allez les Bleu!) in second, and Andreas Kiligkaridis of Greece (Oopa!) in third. Thanks again to Andreas for taking the shiny gold medal in the competition for the hardest to pronounce last name.
500m races are tomorrow... check back for updates!
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For the second week in a row, the Canadian Canoe Kayak Team walked the walk, here in Duisburg, Germany at World Cup II. Solid results from all three disciplines this weekend, Gold Medals in C1 1000m (Way to Go Tom Hall!! Congrats on the Olympic Nomination), K2 1000m (Richard Dober Jr. and Andrew Willows), and my K1 500m; Bronze Medallions were awarded to Mark Oldershaw for his awesome C1 500m performace, and to the C2 of Gabriel Beauchesne-Sevigny & Andrew Russell for their wicked 1000m race, and for my K1 1000m.Both of my K1 races were pretty good. I find it tough racing back to back weekends, so I'm stoked to have a week between now and Poznan World Cup III to get some solid training sessions in. Wednesday and Friday this week I'm taking part in Andreas Dittmer's Veolia Sprint Cup Regatta for the third time. Congrats to Andreas as well for his Gold Medal today in C1 500!
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An awesome weekend for the Canadian Canoe Kayak Team has transpired here in Szeged, Hungary over the past few days. World Cup #1 is now complete, Team Canada earned 6 medallions for their excellent performances, and a bunch of other great top 6 finishes across all three disciplines.
My races were all great, I managed to win both the K1 1000m and 500m finals, my 17th and 18th career World Cup gold medals. Congrats to Tom Hall for his Bronze in C1 1000m, Richard Dober Jr. and Andrew Willows for their Gold in K2 200m and Bronze in K2 500m (these boys are QUICK!). Congrats to Gabriel Beauschesne-Sevigny and Andrew Russell, for their Bronze in C2 200m and 4th in C2 500m, Congrats to Mark Oldershaw for his two 4th place finishes in C1 1000m and 500m, and congrats to everyone who qualified for the Olympic Games!!
Off to Germany we go, we're packing up the muletrain with all our boats and paddles... thanks to NELO for their superfast boats!
See you in Duisburg...
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World Cup #1 kicks off this week with heats on Thursday, and semis and finals on Friday and Saturday. Have a click here or on the picture to check out their website for results and news. Canada has got an awesome team here, and we're pumped and ready to go!
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The CAN fund (Canadian Athletes Now) is running a campaign to raise money for Canadian Athletes. They're asking for donations of $8 (or $80, or $8000, whatever you like!)... Since the Olympic Opening Ceremonies are August 8th, 2008 (08.08.08). The CAN fund was instrumental throughout my preparation for Athens in 2004, and they're continuing to do great things to ensure that Canadian Athletes aren't falling below the poverty line. Click here to make a donation!Please consider what a great impact you can have with only $8... Don't just HOPE we win, HELP us win!
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